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Iraq slips into chaos: Red Cross fears for wounded

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US Marines backed by air strikes fought their way through an insurgent stronghold in Fallujah today, but have yet to quell resistance in Iraq's most rebellious city.

Machinegun, mortar and rocket fire shook the Sunni Muslim city as planes made several bombing runs over the north-western Jolan district within 15 minutes, a reporter said.

Smoke rose from houses just beyond Fallujah's captured railway station, where Marines and Iraqi forces have a base. Heavy fighting raged for about two hours before tapering off.
"We've reached the heart of Jolan," Maj Clark Watson said of an area the Marines view as a bastion for die-hard Saddam Hussein loyalists with military training.

"We have pushed through four square kilometres, but it's too early to say we are controlling it," he said. "That will take time because there will always be pockets of resistance."

Helicopters later fired missiles at targets in Jolan before Marine infantry moved back in. A mortar landed near the railway station and small-arms fire crackled as helicopters circled.

Watson, of the 1st Battalion of Marine infantry, said guerrillas were fighting back, but not as hard as expected. US commanders said many fighters probably fled before the onslaught.

US-led forces spearheaded by Marines launched an assault on Fallujah on Monday night aimed at clearing the city of Baathist rebels and foreign fighters said to be holed up there.

Iraq's interim government has vowed to retake rebel-held cities to enable national elections to go ahead in January.

The US firepower raining down on Fallujah is sure to have caused civilian casualties, but no clear figures have emerged.

The International Committee of the Red Cross said it was "very worried" about the plight of the wounded in Fallujah.

"We urge all combatants to guarantee passage to those who need medical care, regardless of whether they are friends or enemies," said spokesman Ahmad al-Raoui.

He said thousands of women, children and old folk who had fled Fallujah needed water, food, medical care and shelter. "They must be allowed to return home as soon as possible."

Marine tanks that forayed down a main road through central Fallujah last night ran into heavy fire. Gunnery Sgt Ishmail Castillo said insurgents had responded to US mortar fire by firing machineguns and rocket-propelled grenades at the American tanks.

The Pentagon said yesterday evening that at least 10 US and two Iraqi soldiers had died in the offensive unleashed by 10 000 US soldiers and Marines and 2 000 Iraqi troops.

The assault on Fallujah, where residents say wounded children are dying from lack of medical help, food shops are closed and power is cut, angered Sunni clerics who urged Iraqis to boycott the elections seen as vital to peace.

Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and his US backers say disgruntled Baathists and militants led by Jordanian al-Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi have turned Fallujah into the epicentre of Iraq's bloody insurgency.

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U.S. marines scurried for cover Tuesday, Nov. 9, to avoid being burned by "white phosphorus," which was fired as a smoke screen for U.S. tanks but landed on their own positions. From the Photographer: "Have to be really quick, filing photos now under fire, and been in what is definitely the worst battle of my entire life. Nine guys of 40 were injured on a gantlet we had to run. This is really hard, and been on our feet for 36 hours with 100-pound packs."

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US forces have been fighting their way through the Jolan and Askari districts in the north of Falluja. There are reports that they have taken control of a compound containing the mayor's office and a police station, and have managed to cross the main highway in the heart of the city.
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Marines searching house to house pass a body in a Fallujah street as U.S. forces punch into the center of the city, overwhelming guerrilla bands with barrages of fire. Los Angeles Times photo by Luis Sinco via Associated Press
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A member of Charlie Company of the U.S. Marines 1st Division, 8th Regiment, takes a break during the battle for Fallujah. Los Angeles Times photo by Luis Sinco via Associated Press
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Army Nurse Supervisor Patrick McAndrew tries to save a GI wounded in a Baghdad firefight by giving him CPR upon arrival at a military hospital. The soldier died. Associated Press photo by John Moore
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A 9-year-old girl recovers in Baghdad from a skull fracture after a U.S. Army Bradley fighting vehicle crashed into her family’s car. Associated Press photo by John Moore
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A U.S. Marine wounded in Fallujah is rushed to a helicopter from a military hospital in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites) to transfer for evacuation to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2004. (AP Photo/John Moore)
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A video grab taken from a video tape released shows Iraqi National Guard troops seized by rebels in Falluja, November,10, 2004. U.S. and Iraqi troops battled through much of Falluja on Wednesday and said they had scattered rebel forces, although fighting was still intense. REUTERS/via Reuters TV
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Masked gunmen stand over the body of a dead Iraqi Army officer following clashes between insurgents and U.S. and Iraqi forces in the northern city of Mosul, November 10, 2004. As the battle for Falluja raged, gunfire and explosions echoed across the northern city of Mosul, between armed insurgents and U.S. forces. The U.S. military, which has said rebel leaders have probably fled Falluja, announced that Mosul's Governor has invoked an immediate curfew throughout the streets and closed all the bridges in the city. REUTERS/Namir Noor-Eldeen
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A video grab shows an injured U.S. Marine during a full-scale offensive in Falluja, November 9, 2004. U.S. warplanes launched air strikes in the Iraqi city of Falluja on Wednesday amid fierce fighting between U.S.-led forces and rebels. Machinegun, mortar and rocket fire shook the Sunni Muslim city as planes made several bombing runs over the northwestern Jolan district within 15 minutes, a Reuters reporter said. REUTERS/REUTERS TV POOL
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U.S. Marines carry an injured colleague after an offensive in Falluja, November 9, 2004. Ten U.S. troops and two Iraqi troops fighting alongside them have died in the assault to take control of rebel-held Falluja, but senior insurgency leaders probably escaped the city, the U.S. military said on Tuesday. (Eliana Aponte/Reuters)
by THOSE WHO MOURN

THE CURSE IS AS FOLLOWS. READ IT CLEARLY. It is not intended for those who are misinformed by lies and propaganda. Nor is it for those who walk in genuine ignorance. RATHER IT IS INTENDED FOR THE WICKED MEN WHO KNOW FULL WELL WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND WHO ARE CONSCIOUSLY
RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS CRIME....
FROM THE GLOBAL BANKING MACHINE TO U.S. POLITICIANS...DOWN TO THE U.S. MILITARY COMMANDERS AND SOLDIERS...... YOU WILL CRY OUT IN SORROW ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT WHEN YOU WILL SEE BEYOND YOUR GREED! YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BEAR THE BURDON OF YOUR SINS AGAINST THESE LITTLE ONES. EVEN NOW..YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND YOU DO NOT STOP. YOU WILL LIVE THE REST OF YOUR LIVES SEEKING TO DESTROY THE MEMORY OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE... BUT YOU WILL NEVER FIND REST IN THIS LIFE. YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO SILENCE THE SCREAMING IN YOUR HEARTS.. and once you die..you will live in YOUR hell until you have re-lived theTERROR , the FEAR , and ALL of the SUFFERING which you have inflicted....through the eyes, minds, and hearts of every one of your victoms, including the suffering loss of the living.. who's loved ones have been maimed, or killed, and suffer every ramification of this MURDEROUS BEAST. MAY YOU LIVE THE PAIN OF EVERY BABY,CHILD, MAMA, PAPA, AND FAMILY WHO HUDDLE TOGETHER IN THEIR HOMES, FILLED WITH FEAR, SURROUNDED BY YOUR WICKED RAGE UNTIL DEATH FREES THEM . MAY YOU KNOW THIS FEAR AND AGONY.
THEN YOU WILL COWER ON YOUR KNEES AND BEG FOR MERCY...BUT YOU WILL FIND NONE...YOU WILL FIND NONE BECAUSE YOU SHOWED NONE. YOU WILL BE SERVED WHAT YOU HAVE GIVEN... AND WHAT YOU HAVE GIVEN IS TOO MUCH FOR YOU TO BEAR.. MAY YOU SUFFER THE MIRROR OF TRUTH UNTIL EVERY PENNY HAS BEEN PAYED. -AMEN

by THOSE WHO MOURN
THE CURSE IS AS FOLLOWS. READ IT CLEARLY. It is not intended for those who are misinformed by lies and propaganda. Nor is it for those who walk in genuine ignorance. RATHER IT IS INTENDED FOR THE WICKED MEN WHO KNOW FULL WELL WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND WHO ARE CONSCIOUSLY
RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS CRIME....
FROM THE GLOBAL BANKING MACHINE TO U.S. POLITICIANS...DOWN TO THE U.S. MILITARY COMMANDERS AND SOLDIERS...... YOU WILL CRY OUT IN SORROW ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT WHEN YOU WILL SEE BEYOND YOUR GREED! YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BEAR THE BURDON OF YOUR SINS AGAINST THESE LITTLE ONES. EVEN NOW..YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND YOU DO NOT STOP. YOU WILL LIVE THE REST OF YOUR LIVES SEEKING TO DESTROY THE MEMORY OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE... BUT YOU WILL NEVER FIND REST IN THIS LIFE. YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO SILENCE THE SCREAMING IN YOUR HEARTS.. and once you die..you will live in YOUR hell until you have re-lived theTERROR , the FEAR , and ALL of the SUFFERING which you have inflicted....through the eyes, minds, and hearts of every one of your victoms, including the suffering loss of the living.. who's loved ones have been maimed, or killed, and suffer every ramification of this MURDEROUS BEAST. MAY YOU LIVE THE PAIN OF EVERY BABY,CHILD, MAMA, PAPA, AND FAMILY WHO HUDDLE TOGETHER IN THEIR HOMES, FILLED WITH FEAR, SURROUNDED BY YOUR WICKED RAGE UNTIL DEATH FREES THEM . MAY YOU KNOW THIS FEAR AND AGONY.
THEN YOU WILL COWER ON YOUR KNEES AND BEG FOR MERCY...BUT YOU WILL FIND NONE...YOU WILL FIND NONE BECAUSE YOU SHOWED NONE. YOU WILL BE SERVED WHAT YOU HAVE GIVEN... AND WHAT YOU HAVE GIVEN IS TOO MUCH FOR YOU TO BEAR.. MAY YOU SUFFER THE MIRROR OF TRUTH UNTIL EVERY PENNY HAS BEEN PAYED. -AMEN

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